351w Non Roller To Roller?

have a non roller 351w. was wondering what all id have to do to make it a roller. i have a tfs1 cam, roller rockers rods ect all new out of my 302. dont know what will fit and what wont, or anythibg extra i will need. its going in a sn95. with an on3 turbo kit

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Never done it myself but I've seen lifter kits for the conversion. I think that some machining is required but I'm not sure about that either. I would imagine that custom length pushrods would also be needed.

Perhaps @horse sence knows more since he deals a lot with that generation of Mustangs.

I think he's referring to machine work specific to the cam. Do the older blocks not have to be reworked to accept them?

Also... Do you happen to have a link for the for bar style lifters?

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The block does not have to be reworked necessarily. Standard Ford roller setups have a spider tray that holds the roller lifters straight. The 94'+ 351w blocks do not come with roller lifters, but the block has the two threaded drill holes in the center to hold the tray, and the bores are tall enough. Supposedly you can run up to .550" of lift on a stock non roller block by drilling the holes and mounting the tray without the lifters lifting out of the bores. If you are running .550" lift or less you might as well be running a 302 block in my opinion. Otherwise you can run a set of link bar lifters like these in a 351w block.